International Olympic Committee taps Salt Lake City as likely host of Games of 2034

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday invited Salt Lake City into another phase of the discussions about hosting a second Winter Olympics in the state, a landmark moment in the efforts to return the Games to Utah that have been underway for much of the time since the cauldron was extinguished on the 2002 Winter Olympics. The IOC and the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is the group seeking the event, will engage in a phase known as the targeted dialogue for the Winter Olympics of 2034....